God's name, YHWH

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What would we find out if we trace the name of God (YHWH) along a timeline that begins in Exodus 3:15 and follow it through to the New Testament? A timeline may be the right tool to clarify how the name YHWH moves from the Old Testament into the New Testament and how it becomes associated with Jesus without being replaced.

Let’s begin with Exodus 3:15, the anchor point where YHWH reveals his name. God tells Moses, “I AM that I AM: and he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Verse 15, “This is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

So, God’s name is YHWH. It’s his covenant name, which is tied to His identity as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and is meant to be known, not hidden. So, at this stage in history, YHWH is understood as our Creator, Redeemer, Covenant maker, and the One who saves Israel from the Egyptians.

As Israel’s story unfolds from here, the prophets begin to describe YHWH’s future saving action in increasingly personal terms. In Isaiah 40:3, “Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Isaiah 43:11, “I, even I, am LORD (YHWH), and besides me there is no savior.”
Joel 2:32, “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD (YHWH) will be saved.”

So, here’s what the Old Testament prophets were expecting. YHWH will come to His people, and salvation will be tied to His name. And He will come as a figure who will embody the LORD’S (YHWH’s) saving presence.
This sets the stage for the New Testament and the revealing of Jesus Christ. The angel tells Joseph what to name the child, Matthew 1:25, “You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

The name Yeshua, Jesus, literally means, “YHWH saves.” This is our first major clue that Jesus’ mission will be YHWH’s saving action. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus does things only YHWH can do. He forgives sins, commands nature, walks on water, calls Himself “I AM,” receives worship, claims authority over Torah (the law), and said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.”

Here’s a second clue. The New Testament repeatedly takes Old Testament passages about YHWH and applies them to Jesus.
In Joel 2:32, “Call on the name of the LORD (YHWH.) In Romans 10:13 “Call on YHWH” now becomes, “Call on Jesus.”
Isaiah 40:3, “Prepare ye the way of the LORD (YHWH,)” in Mark 1:3 it becomes “Prepare the way of the LORD,” points directly to Jesus.
In Psalm 102:25–27, the Creator is YHWH. In Hebrews 1:10–12, Colossians 1:16, and John 1:3, we are told the Creator is Jesus.
Isaiah 45:23, “That unto me (YHWH) every knee shall bow,” and in Philippians 2:10–11, Paul tells us, “That at the name of Jesus every knee bow.”

This is identification: What the apostles are telling us is, “The YHWH who promised to come has come, his name is Jesus.” The Early Church called on the name of Jesus, the same way the Jews called on YHWH. The early church prayed to Jesus, was baptizing in Jesus’ name, healed in Jesus’ name, suffered for Jesus’ name, and gathered together in Jesus’ name.

The book of Revelation seals the timeline. All the titles used for YHWH in the Old Testament, Alpha and Omega, First and Last, Beginning and End, are all applied to Jesus Christ in Revelation. So, our timeline ends where it began. He is the God of Israel, Savior of His people, the One whose name saves, all revealed in Christ Jesus.

The writer of the Book of Acts tells us that (YHWH) is the eternal divine name, and that Jesus is the incarnation of YHWH’s saving presence. And that the name “Jesus” contains and fulfills the meaning of YHWH.
That calling on Jesus is the New Testament way of calling on YHWH in the Old. This is why the apostle wrote, pointing directly to the Lord Jesus. Acts 4:12, “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

So, the name of YHWH has not been abandoned; all the New Testament writers have done is proclaim YHWH’s salvation in the person of Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:23, “And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is GOD (YHWH) WITH US.”

[OneJack]

Relax, I said! The issue is the Bible.

More "bible worship" from you. don't you want to message the verbatim words of God?

Reread then.

[JehovahsWitness]

Relax, I said! The issue is the Bible.

More "bible worship" from you. don't you want to message the verbatim words of God?

Reread then.

I just did, you seem to have been mentioning the bible several times and not the verbatim words of God. "bible" "bible" "bible" that what I see from you when I reread. Please strip your "bible worship" and stick to Jesus.

[JehovahsWitness]

The deceiving spirits will surely play a foolish game with you if you do that.

So you admit there are "deceiving spirits"?

[OneJack]

The deceiving spirits will surely play a foolish game with you if you do that.

So you admit there are "deceiving spirits"?

Of course, they're here with us, every time, waiting for anything that they can rob from the sons, friends, families, and followers of the Lord Jesus.

[JehovahsWitness]

The deceiving spirits will surely play a foolish game with you if you do that.

So you admit there are "deceiving spirits"?

Of course, they're here with us, every time, waiting for anything that they can rob from the sons, friends, families, and followers of the Lord Jesus.

From what you have presented I think the spirit you communicated with was a deceiving spirit

[OneJack]

The deceiving spirits will surely play a foolish game with you if you do that.

So you admit there are "deceiving spirits"?

Of course, they're here with us, every time, waiting for anything that they can rob from the sons, friends, families, and followers of the Lord Jesus.

From what you have presented I think the spirit you communicated with was a deceiving spirit

Which part specifically makes you think of a deceiving Spirit?

[JehovahsWitness]

Which part specifically makes you think of a deceiving Spirit?

Reread my posts, the reasons are listed





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[OneJack]

Which part specifically makes you think of a deceiving Spirit?

Reread my posts, the reasons are listed





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The reasons are your opinions, take me to the part in the messages of the Lord where you accuse Him of having a demonic spirit.

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #66]

What makes me think that that personage who appeared to you, @OneJack, is a deceiving spirit is the many times he questioned and contradicted the Bible. He did question the Bible's truths, didn't he? The true Jesus came to fulfill many Old Testament prophecies and confirmed the Scriptures' truths many times.

Luk 24:25  And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 
Luk 24:26  Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 
Luk 24:27  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 

[Richard Aberdeen]

[Replying to 1213 in post #2]

That is not correct. "before Abraham was, I am" means that Jesus is eternal God, existing before Abraham and before the universe came into being. This is underscored in John chapter One, where Jesus is "logos". "In the beginning was logos and, logos was with God and, logos WAS God." "And logos became flesh and lived among people." Jesus is God.

Logos is mistranslated as "word" in modern Bibles. Logos did not mean word to First Century Greeks. Logos means ultimate truth and wisdom; God's understanding and view, as opposed to human understanding and view; creative mind; Creator.